Nick Jameson's Blog: Infinite of One

I'm DEEPLY spiritual, but as the 'spiritual but not religious' type. To me, spirituality and the search for Spirit are pure and true, and religion contains a lot of potential guidance towards it, but usually the cost is to consume a great deal of specificity, idolatry and other mind-narrowing-and-controlling elements along with that guidance. One must learn to look for truths that are common to ALL religions and, likely, to all things, and be wary of anything that obstructs this search, ESPECIALLY religion.

Read between the lines, think about motive and learn how to discern the spiritual philosophy and discard the mind-controlling propaganda. You don't need religion to seek God, and some, like me, believe that it can confuse the search and disempower the searcher, who must remain open to the insights offered by ALL religions, and especially to one's personal experiences of Spirit, or 'gnosis.'

Unlike the VAST majority of writers, my writing has always been compelled first and foremost by my convictions, not by the desire to appeal to the average reader and, thus, to the largest possible ‘target readership’ in production of the greatest possible sales numbers. To write for sales first would involve ‘selling out’ in a way that I’ll never be comfortable with. I want sales, of course, and am practicing balancing entertainment with my ideological impetus, but I’ll never sacrifice the latter for the former.

I’m a philosopher and ideologue first, a writer second, and have been told by one member of the traditional publishing community that I tend to write 'manifestos.' Because of this, most of what I write will only appeal to and end up receiving praise and good reviews from a select readership and set of critics who share my convictions, and are thereby open to my messages. It is my belief, based upon myriad experiences and reflections, that my purpose in life is spread those messages. You might reflexively believe this to be arrogant, and me to be a victim of a delusion of grandeur. You’d be wrong.

If you self-identify as conservative, or centrist, or even just mildly liberal, you’re probably wasting your time picking up my books. You won’t like what I have to say. Experience has taught me that I see the problems in the world with far more depth and clarity than most, and I’m rankled by ongoing systemic injustices on a level that very few seem to share. Because of this I’ve LONG been compelled to reveal and attack those injustices, and to propose remedies, and I’ll always seek to do this before I seek to entertain the reader. MANY will therefore find my writing offensive. I’ve come to accept this, and to realize that the readership that I seek, the true progressive, is harder to find, but well worth the search.

You’re not separate from your sword.

Power means nothing until you wield it.